Asheboro City Council approves appointments

Tuesday

ASHEBORO — Mayor David Smith and four incumbent Asheboro City Council members took oaths of office at their December meeting.

ASHEBORO — Mayor David Smith and four incumbent Asheboro City Council members took oaths of office at their December meeting.

Smith, Clark Bell, Linda Carter, Michael Hunter and Walker Moffitt were re-elected for four-year terms in November. The other three members of the council, Talmadge Baker, Eddie Burks and Charles Swiers, were not up for re-election in this cycle.

Following the swearing-in ceremony, council members voted to keep Talmadge Baker, the longest-serving member of the council, as mayor pro tempore.

Council members also approved Smith’s recommended list of appointments, which was unchanged from the current slate: